Display stand



March 2, 1926. 1,574,952

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EDWARD B. WESTON, OFDAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO. WESTON PAPER AND MFG.

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Original application filed November 4, 1924, SeriaI NO. 747,748. Dividedand this application filed To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD-B. Wns'rorr, a citizen of the United States,and residentof Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Stands,

" displaying such merchandise. Usually the stand is shipped with themerchandise and proportioned to hold a definite quantity thereof.

Since the stand is used partly at least for the benefit of themanufacturer, it is desirable that the stands should be furnished, if'

not free of charge, as cheaply as possible. It is also desirable thatthe stands be provided with means in the way of display matter, callingattention to the merits of the goods displayed thereon.

To be attractive, the display should be of a nature such that it may bechanged at intervals, to display new matter, and the displayed mattershould be in as prominent a position as possible, preferably supportedby the stand above the goods, but not in such a manner as to addpermanent height to the stand.

One of the objects of the present invention is the provision in a standof this character, of means for displaying matter relating to the goodssupported by the stand, normally within the overall limits of the stand,capable of extension beyond such limit, and wherein the display matteris capable of being changed at intervals.

With this and other objects in view the iii-- Yention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts fully describedl'iereinafter, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed outin the claims appended hereto, it being understood that various changesin the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction withinthe scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from thespirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

July 30, 1925. Serial No. 46,963.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the stand w ith the display supportingmechanism e2:- tended. Y

Fig. 2 is a front view of the stand back with the display mechanism innormal retracted position.

Fig. Fig. 2.

The present invention is a division of application Ser. No. 747,748,filed Nov. 4, 192a, and'the display mechanism is shown in connectionwith the stand forming the Subject matter of the said application.

The stand comprises a seat 1, pairs of supporting legs 2 and 3, and aninverted substantially U-shaped back, comprising a body 4 and arms 5.The body and arms are of angle material as shown, and the arms areconnected by cross bars 6 and 7, the lat ter being near the seat, whilethe former is intermediate the length of the arms.

The display mechanism proper comprises a yoke shaped member composed ofa body 8 and arms 9, which are slidably mounted in openings in the body4: of the back frame and the cross bars 6 and 7. When the yoke 8 and 9is contracted, the body 8 thereof lies adjacent to the body 4t of theback frame, and the-arms 9 of the yoke are engaged with all of theopenings of the elements 4:, 6 and 7.

The yoke may be extended by drawing it out as shown in Fig. 1, and maybe held firmly in extended position, by withdrawing the free ends of thearms 9, from the open ings in the cross bar 6, and engaging thefree endswith struck up loops or wickets 10 in the cross bar.

Referring to Figsl and 2, it will be seen that the cross bars 6 and 7which are also of angle material, are arranged with one portionsubstantially horizontal, and the other port-ion substantially verticalwhen the stand is unfolded. The openings for the yoke arms 9 are in thehorizontal portions of the arms, while the loops or wickets 10 are inthe vertical portion of the cross bar 6.

These loops or wic rets 10 as shown in Fig. 3 are spaced somewhatrearwardly of the openings for the yoke arms, so that when the free endsof the yoke arms are engaged with the loops, they will rest upon thehorizontal portion of the cross bar, and the arms are of such lengththat in retracted position 3 is a section on the line '3.3 of

they will pass through the openings in the cross bar A plurality ofcards 11, each of which carries display matter relating to the goodssupported by the stand, is supported by the body 8 of the yoke. Eachcard has a pair of reinforced openings 12 at its upper side edge, andthese openings are engaged by rings 13 on the yoke body. As shown theopenings are eyelet'ted, and the arrangement is such that they may beswung to the front 7 of the stand back frame into display position, orrearwardly thereof as indicated in Fig. 3. It will be obvious that bothfaces of each card may be provided with display matter, so that suchmatteris visible from in front and in rear of the stand.

In order to prevent the rings 18 from dropping over onto the arms of theyoke, integral extensions let are provided at the junction of the bodyand arms. These ex-' tensions are long enough to prevent the ringsdropping over the angle between body and arms. In the present instancethe yoke is formed from a wire rod of suitable size, and the extensionsare formed by doubling the rod upon itself.

When the stand is filled with goods, the back extension may be moved tothe position of Fig. 2, and as the merchandise is disposed of and thepile decreases in height, the extension may be moved into the posi tionof Fig. 2. In either case, the cards may be swungfrom the back to thefront of the frame, to display any card.

I claim:

1'. A display stand, including a back frame having cross bars providedwith vertical alined sets of'openings, and an extension having rodsslid-able in the openings, one of the bars having sockets adjacent theopenings for engagement by the ends of the rods when free from theopenings to support the extension, in extended position.

2. In a display stand a back frame having sets of vertically alignedbearings and sockets laterally offset from the bearings of anintermediate set. an extension frame having rods slidable in thebearings and resilient to be displaced laterally into the sockets whensaid rods are withdrawn from the bearings adjacent thereto, thereby tosupport the extension extended.

Signed at Dayton in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio this 27thday of July A. D. 1925.

EDWARD 'B. IVESTON.

